Re: [Vim-latex-devel] (La)TeX compilation

[Srinath A. <sr...@fa...>]

Hi Luc,

> > if g:Tex_MainFileExpr != ''
> >     exec 'let retval = '.g:Tex_MainFileExpr
> >     return retval
> > endif
>
> If these 4 lines of code are present within Tex_GetMainFileName(), it
> sounds perfect.
I wonder if I already told you about this, but I implemented the
Tex_MainFileExpression we discussed before. I have updated the relevant
documentation. Take a look at:

http://vim-latex.sourceforge.net/documentation/latex-suite/latex-master-file.html

It tells how to use Tex_MainFileExpression.

> I was thinking of a function that centralizes all this
> mainfile-determination heuristic.
> => the functions depending on the project's main-file are easy to
> write/maintain.
>
This is an excellent idea. Initially I was thinking that
Tex_GetMainFileName() will always return a filename unlike the present
way in which it returns a non-empty string only if a .latexmain file is
present. In the future, it will just return expand('%') if a .latexmain
is not found...

However, there is no good way to make Tex_GetMainFileName also contain
logic of whether a 'makefile' exists etc.

Srinath